How can I build a specific architecture using xcodebuild?

Question

I have legacy code that relies on pointers being 32-bit and want to use xCodeBuild to build that code from command line. This doesn\'t

Answer 1

You have to set the ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH to NO if you want xcodebuild to use the ARCHS parameters. By passing these parameters, you can force the proper architecture.

xcodebuild ARCHS=i386 ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO -configuration Debug -workspace MyProject.xcworkspace -scheme MyLib

See this reference for details.